I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THIS VIDEO SHOOT
Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 4:30pm by Axl RosenbergDear Oceano: congratulations! You are now only the second worst group to add a vowel to the end of the word “ocean” and use that as your band name.
This video by the band Oceana (yes, Oceana) is only interesting for about three seconds. I suggest you skip to the ten second mark, and then turn the video off around the thirteen second mark. Because what really fascinates me about this video is the following quesiton: How many takes do you think they had to do of everyone starting to headbang all at once like that? I bet somewhere there are at least a half dozen takes where one of the band members starts too soon or too late. In fact, I think it’s fascinating that the singer is the only member of the band who doesn’t partake in the synchronized rockin’ out… or any rockin’ out during the rest of the video. It’s as though he were too stupid to take even the slightest direction, so whomever was in charge decided “Let’s not have him move at all and people will think it’s part of the ‘meaning’ of the video!”
I hope this is just the latest in a trend of bands using a completely fake and meaningless variation on the word “ocean” – we can have Oceani, Oceanu, Oceany,and a few dozen other bands that were too lazy to use an actual word as their band name.
-AR
Thanks to Samuel A. Favata for the tip.
Nice mullet, idiot.
Stole the words from my mouth.
The worst is that I saw this guy at my school with the exact same mullet… and a hot girlfriend! Apparantly, having hideously ugly hair makes you a real man now days. Just like the ’80’s!
was his girlfriend the drummer?
ZING!
Oceana >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oceano
+1
not my cup of tea, but it could be a lot worse.
Dont forget the band “The Ocean”
But The Ocean rules, so they don’t belong here.
I second that, strongly.
WOW what a mullet, for a douchebag……… Oceano SUCKS Oceana Sucks infact the OCEAN itself SUCKS..
But check out my new band Oceany myspace.com/retard
ur band sucks! ;)
I really really hope that mullet takes over swoop hair. I would pay so much money to watch a bunch of 15 year olds running around the mall with mullets.
Also, the lead singer is mysterious and too sensitive to headband Axl, you moron.
hah this is what I was going to post.
OK, not the second bit.
Did I miss something? When did androgyny become cool again?
In the nineties, with the birth of shitty Emo.
And yes, I know Emo is older, but Rites of Spring kick ass, and aren’t really all that androgynous.
my friend from florida grew up with these kids…he doesn’t like them very much at all
All these ‘Ocean-randomvowel’ bands are nothing when compared to the great Isis album, ‘Oceanic’.
agreed, personally though; I think Panopticon is their best.
oceano actually took their name from the spanish translation of ocean.. that’s what i like to think, if not thats just downright stupid.. and i happen to think that oceana (as stupid as the band name may be) are a pretty good band.. :D
That was touching.
“Because oceans are all, like, deep and dark and stuff. Just like us…”
Spare me.
Well, there goes my idea for Oceaniwrestledabearonce. And having a fat, barefoot, cankled bassist.
and i paused listening to King Diamond for this horse shit?
Same here, haha.
I AM ALIVE INSIDE YOUR WIFE
Hahaha
is the drummer a girl?
Im super serial.
that is one ugly motherfucker singing. his/her/its gender isn’t ambiguous at all, either.
This sucks.
the sound was kinda okay to me, but the fucking head bang is comedy.haha
Nothing but a bunch of fucking haters on here lol
All these bands are just doing there thing. Who are we to judge?
IMO, Oceano rules, Oceana rulez, and Isis’s Oceanic rulezzz lol
BUT, the best of all oceans is Gojira’s “Ocean Planet”!!!!
hahaha
Dude, i don’t how much respect this music deserves, the arrangement is bland, production is slick but unimaginative, this is music meant to be sold, not loved. BUT! fuck yea Ocean Planet is the shit, and since you didn’t mention them in you’re little blurb, check out the band “The Ocean Collective” (usually just “The Ocean)
We’re listeners, of course we’re going to judge.
Who are you to tell us not to judge?
Thanks Lybrium, I will check that out! :-)
Reaper-X…check out some tunes from their earlier work The Tide I believe its called. Its what you would expect from a typical Post Hardcore outfit…
Also, I enjoyed this (http://reaper-x.deviantart.com/art/There-Are-No-Fucking-Angels-85102951)
Keep up the cool work….
Ugh, these guys suck.
i’m having dejavu. Didn’t we alrady LOL at these fgts?
1234… http://a.imagehost.org/0750/1234go.jpg
Well, the video blows, but I don’t actually hate the song. Could be good for more mellow day if I wanted to have one.
Laziness = Making up words? Whatever the fuck you say, man. Guess James Joyce was a fucking sloth.
Decent song. Not great, but it didn’t make me want to throw-up. I could see it being used in a movie, or movie trailer, or something like that. But the video was horrible. The director needs to be drawn and quartered. And a fucking mullet?!! Are you fucking kidding me? Only white trash can pull that off, not emowannabees. And I fucking hate white trash.
Glad you guys enjoyed the video! :)
Oh btw, this is the guy who sent that video in lmfao!
Thank you for ruining my day asshole >:(!
If you play this backwards it says, “We fucking reek”.
They’re doing their thing, but there is nothing original here…from their name, to their choreographed moves and music.
Oceana’s been around longer than Oceano I am pretty sure. And they’re also way better than oceano. But yes, The Ocean > all other ocean bands.
hellyeah.
HAHA. the bass player is such a fat slob. he looks like some dude they just recruited out of some stripclub in Alabama somewhere. and I can’t tell is the singer is a guy or a chick.
Anyone else find the sound of this really dated?
Also what’s the gender of the drummer? Yes that’s a serious question.
Yeah, this is nu-metal without the rap. And the drummer is a chick… I think.
And another thing. What the fuck? Why is there a nu-metal revival movement? Nu-metal, as a fucking movement, produced two good bands total (System of a Down and In Flames), and one of those bands was better before they entered the movement!
I guess it’s like Vains of Jenna. No matter how worthless your genre, there’s always someone out there who idolizes it enough that they will copy it years down the road. Better start getting ready for Attack Attack!’s reunion tour!
In Flames Nu-Metal? Was that a joke?
No, but Reroute To Remain was…
This isnt really nu metal, more along the lines of metalcore. Deftones for me would easily be the best band to have come out of the whole nu metal thing, and unlike most bands involved, they are still making good music.
Technically Ocean Machine was a band. Kinda nullifies any other contenders for best ocean band.
Just sayin’
I once swam in an ocean.
What the fuck is the drummer doing around :54? Seriously, what in the fuck is that?
Asshat banging head against drum around the 0.54 – 0.56 mark….
these guys broke up for a bit, but now they’re back. a few months back a tour came through toledo and the promoter had OCEANO on the flyer instead of these guys. it was a decidely un-metal tour. i don’t have to tell you the hijinks that ensued! haha
so emo kids like mullets now? wtf someone should buy this whiny dirtbag a fucking haircut
what surprising is even this song is really emo, its not like anything ive heard before. he doesnt even sing like a traditional emo kid
kudos. im sure these dudes will get far enough
The lack of crabbing is disturbing.